Ning Fan twisted his neck and climbed up from the ground. He instinctively began to check his body and then his eyes filled with surprise.
His body had actually recovered?!
Ning Fan was utterly puzzled; he had no idea how his body had managed to heal itself.
At this time, Ning Fan had no time to think more as he noticed someone's breathing becoming rapid on the bed next to him.
Ning Fan instinctively looked towards the bed where Xu Ruolan was lying and reached out to take her wrist to feel her pulse.
The pretending-to-sleep Xu Ruolan trembled slightly, but Ning Fan, who was concerned for her health, did not notice this.
Ning Fan called out in confusion.
Although he had not noticed Xu Ruolan's slight movement just now, he felt something was wrong after taking her pulse. The CEO's pulse was a bit messy!
Ning Fan carefully looked at Xu Ruolan's complexion and then noticed something amiss and shook his head.
Xu Ruolan should have awoken before him, but now she was still pretending to sleep even after he woke up. Although he didn't know why she was pretending, a mischievous idea began to form in Ning Fan's mind.
"My wife's figure is really nice, so beautiful. I was a gentleman last night and didn't look carefully. She hasn't woken up yet, hehehe..."
Ning Fan muttered softly, just loud enough for the pretending-to-sleep Xu Ruolan to hear.
These words were deliberately spoken. If he genuinely wanted to touch her, he wouldn't have said anything and would have just acted.
Meanwhile, the pretending Xu Ruolan panicked internally, her face involuntarily twitching while a blush spread across her cheeks.
Ning Fan, noticing Xu Ruolan's reaction, fully confirmed that she had indeed woken up. He couldn't believe that a person could have such expressive reactions in their sleep unless it was a dream.
Ning Fan let out another lewd laugh and slowly reached out his hand towards Xu Ruolan.
Feeling Ning Fan's hand approaching, Xu Ruolan was immediately startled awake. She jumped up and glared at Ning Fan.
"Are you a hooligan, with such restless hands?!"
Xu Ruolan looked at Ning Fan with indignation and scolded him.
Ning Fan blinked in surprise and responded, "So you weren't asleep after all!"
"Err..." Xu Ruolan's face turned a bit awkward, but she quickly figured out how to reply, "I, I was startled awake by you!"
Xu Ruolan stammered a bit, her blushing face looking quite adorable. A hint of amusement flashed across Ning Fan's eyes, but his face remained expressionless as he watched her.
"What about you, what were you planning to do just now?!"
Xu Ruolan's demeanor suddenly changed, her gaze quite intimidating as she faced Ning Fan.
Ning Fan chuckled mischievously, shamelessly saying, "Just rehearsing for the wedding night!"
"Pre-marriage preparation?" Xu Ruolan widened her eyes, momentarily unable to respond.
After a while, Xu Ruolan finally reacted, and her face turned even redder.
"Who's going to marry you!" Xu Ruolan retorted coquettishly, prompting an even broader smile on Ning Fan's face.
Ning Fan waved his hand and said, "You have no say in this; I've saved you so many times. Offering yourself in marriage is not too much, plus we both have an engagement, right, dear wife?"
"Don't call me wife!" Xu Ruolan scolded, feeling her face heat up before she dove under the covers, too embarrassed to face Ning Fan again.
Ning Fan hadn't expected Xu Ruolan to be so shy, which amused him, but he decided not to push his advantage now. Considering how shy she was, he was genuinely afraid she might turn on him.
"I'll step out now," Ning Fan announced and then turned to leave Xu Ruolan's room.
Under the covers, Xu Ruolan was incredibly bashful, her heart fluttering uncontrollably.
She couldn't find anything to counter Ning Fan's words; he had saved her so many times that his request to marry wasn't unreasonable.
More importantly, Xu Ruolan indeed harbored feelings for Ning Fan, but out of fear of being called out on her feelings, she chose to run away due to shyness.
Even after Ning Fan's departure, Xu Ruolan's heart wouldn't calm down; she wondered when the heat on her face would subside.
After leaving Xu Ruolan's room, Ning Fan went straight to his own bedroom, where he took off his clothes, now completely dyed red.
Standing in front of the mirror, Ning Fan looked at his chest in astonishment; the knife wounds there had completely disappeared, an occurrence he found utterly baffling.
"What on earth is going on?!" Ning Fan exclaimed in surprise, then closed his eyes and circulated his True Qi throughout his body.
After a thorough examination, Ning Fan discovered his body had no problems at all. It even seemed as though it had been nourished by something.
This was very strange; he had sustained severe injuries last night and had fed Xu Ruolan so much Pure Yang Blood. Yet, this morning, he was perfectly fine, and curiously, there were no wounds on his chest, just a few faint, hardly noticeable marks.
On Ning Fan's bed, next to his clothes, the Nine Souls Jade laid together with the White Tiger Jade Bracelet. Ning Fan turned around, his gaze fixed on the Nine Souls Jade.
"Could it be the Nine Souls Jade that saved my life?" Ning Fan murmured, pondering deeply.
The more he thought, the more Ning Fan felt that everything that had happened to him was due to the effects of the Nine Souls Jade, which he remembered being so magical; even his Penetrating Vision and Invisibility came from it.
"It must be the Nine Souls Jade!" Ning Fan picked up a piece of the jade, his eyes gleaming with desire.
The Nine Souls Jade was indeed formidable. Thinking about last night's peril, Ning Fan felt unnerved.
Yet, in just one night's time, due to the Nine Souls Jade, he had completely recovered—an effect that was nothing short of terrifying.
All at once, Ning Fan's desire for the Nine Souls Jade intensified, his determination to gather all the pieces becoming more resolute.
"It really is all thanks to the Nine Souls Jade; otherwise, last night, I might have been doomed!"
Ning Fan was still somewhat shaken, his desire for the Nine Souls Jade incredibly intense, but what he didn't know was that it wasn't the Nine Souls Jade that had helped him, but rather the White Tiger Jade Bracelet.
At the same time, Ning Fan also noticed the jade bracelet, curious about its secrets, and pleased that he had yet no clue.
"What secret do you hold?"
Ning Fan squinted at the White Tiger Jade Bracelet, and a wonderful misunderstanding thus arose.